Clare Safran-Norton, PT, PhD, MS, OCS, who participated in the MeTeOR Trial (Meniscal Tear in Osteoarthritis: A Random Controlled Trial), discussed the study, which showed no significant differences in functional improvement after 6 months between patients who opted for surgery with postoperative physical therapy and those who received standardized physical therapy alone.

Move Forward Radio airs approximately twice a month. Episodes are featured and archived at MoveForwardPT.com, APTA's official consumer information website, and can be streamed online via Blog Talk Radio or downloaded as a podcast via iTunes.

APTA members are encouraged to alert their patients to the radio series and other MoveForwardPT.com resources to help educate the public about the benefits of treatment by a physical therapist. Ideas for future episodes and other feedback can be e-mailed to consumer@apta.org.